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The farm aud fiteside.
CROPS AFTER PEAS.

In addition to the good things already
mentioned about peas, it may be said that
after taking off the vines-which make ex-
cellent hay, capable of keeping stock fat,
with the addition of a very small quantity
of corn-the land is left in good condition.
The roots have broken and mulched the
soil to a great depth, while the growing
crop has shaded the ground, which, with
its attendant conditions, is the best part OF
the results of pea culture. Three pecks to
one bushel of Life Preserver peas is best
for hay-making, because the crab grass vii!
then race with the vines and make q gooa
mixture, which shortens the time OF good
curing. Mown in the morning after the
dew is off, raked into wind-rows the same
evening, or the next day, and put into
cocks the second evening, it will be ready
for housing on the third day. 10 insure
perfect safety posts might be arranged 1Or
inserting bars as the hay is stored, when
will give air passages through theh hay. Dry
fodder or straw may be interlaid instead
of the bars, (Which may benefit all round
Fine crops of oats or rye may be grown
after a without addition of fertilizers.
I know of q patch of rye following peas
that was grazed all winter and till April,
and then made the best crop of rye l ever
saw. Any crop following peas has the adj
vantage of a considerable application of
fertilizer.
NV first observation of p%ea-culture as a
benefit to land occurred the second year
of my experience. Not having enough
peas-about two acres of corn were with
out q pea crop-that fall I sowed oats, using
about seventy-five pounds OF guano per
acre. Where the peas had grown the year
before 7 gathered twenty to forty bushels
ofoats, while the oats after corn alone were
hardly stout enough to be Graded.
In a certain field, which was partly in
corn and peas and partly in oats last year,
and which is now in cotton without fertil-
izer, the difference in appearance of the
plant is the difference of a moderate ap-
plication of fertilizer in favor OF the peas.
About 25O pounds of ash element is excel
lent for peas sown after small grain in
June.-T. n. R., in Southern Cuttivator for
Au0uSt.
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KEEPING HoYEY.-It is pretty we'll
known that honey will crystalize under
the action of light, but remains liquid in
a perfectly dark room. Why this change
takes place is at length suspected to be due
to an action similar to photography. AS
food for bees it is worthless when crystal
lied. Hence the reason why bees succeed
only when working in the dark. In rela-
ton to the change produced in honey by
exposure to the light, NJ. Schiebler found
that the same agent which alters the ar
rangement of iodine crystals in a bottle
causes the syrup honey to assume a crys-
taline form. This experimenter inclosed
honey in stopped TASKS, some of which
were kept in perfect darkness, Others ex-
posed to the light. The invariable result
was, the summed portion rapidly crystal
lied, while that kept in dark remained
perfectly liquid.-Farme, Field md Stock
man.
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AN ORDINANCE

Relating to Nuisances within the town of
Yorkville, and to the Police and Health OF
said Town, and to compel the observance OF
the same.
DE 1T ORDAINED by the Intendant and
I'D Wardens, the Town Council of Yorkville.
in Council assembled and by the authority of
the same:
Section l. That in all proceedings to abate or
remove a nuisance, the person having In charge
the matter or thing complained of shall be
made a party, and the further question shall at
the same time be tried whether the nuisance
has been knowingly kept, maintained or suf-
fered by the person in charge, and if found
guilty he shall be fined not exceeding fifty dol
lars, or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty
days.
Sec. 2. That all persons occupying lots or
dwellings in said town, are required to keep
and maintain the same, and every part thereof,
in such condition as shall not be offensive to,
or conducive of the i'll health of the public
generally, or of any of the citizens Of the town.
Sec. 3. That for complaint made that section
2 above, has been violated, the person so report
ed shall after due notice be tried, and upon con-
viction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding the
sum of fifty dollars, or be imprisoned not ex-
ceeding the term ofthirty days for each offence.
Done in assembly Of Council this 9th day Of
IL. ST. August, 1887.
G. Fl. O'LEARY, Intendant.
f. A. GILBERT, Clerk.
August 10 81 u
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PROHIBITION IN PENNSYLVANIA
The next Pennsylvania Legislature is to
be selected on the liquor issues. 1t will
be called upon to ratify the amendment to
the State Constitution (passed by the last
Legislature) forbidding the manufacture,
sale or keeping for sale of intoxicating
liquor as a beverage, and it commands
the first Legislature after its adoption to
"enact laws with adequate penalties for
its enforcement" The proposition does
not embrace any provision for indemnity
for property which might be rendered
valueless by the adoption of prohibition.
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BRIDGE

NOTICE is hereby given that the Board Of
~ County Commissioners of York county
will meet at the TRESTLE Of the Chester and
Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad over Allison
Creek, on the Lincoln Road, on TUESDAY,,
SEPTEMBER6, 1887, at 10 o'clock, A. M. The
object of the meeting is to let out to the lowest
bidder, the BUILDING OF A NEW BRIDGE
across said creek at that place. The contractor
will be required to give bond with two good
%sureties, in double the amount of bid, for the
faithful performance Of the contract. Plans
and specifications can be examined at the office
in Yorkville, and also at the t~restle, on day
and date above mentioned. The Commission
ers reserve the right to reject any and all bids.
BY order of the Board.
JAMES B. ALLISON, Clerk.
Anpust z 81 Et
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BRIDGE

NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of
~ County Commissioner of York county
will meet at THOMPSON'S MILL, on Crowd
er's Creek, on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER2, 1887,
at 10 o'clock, A. M. The object of the meet
ing is to let out to the lowest bidder, THE
BUILDING OF A NEW BRIDGE across the
said creek at that place. The contractor will
be required to give bond with two good sure
ties, in double the amount of bid, for the
faithful performance Of the contract. Plans
and specifications can be examined at the office
in Yorkville, and also at Thompson's Mill, on
day and date above mentioned. The Commits
sioners reserve the right to reject any and all
bids.
By order of the Board.
JAMES B. ALLISON, Clerk.
August a 5t
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A NAMELESS CASE.

My case has been n very curious one for about thir
teen years. Al intervals of about one week | would
be attacked with spells Of severe and most excrucia-
ting pain, always commencing In the region of my
kidneys. The pain would then 60 upwards and affect
my body and head, and seemed to penetrate my very
eye-balls, creating the most intense suffering, lasting
about eight hours each spell.
I resorted to all kinds of medicine without benefit.
Several doctors treated my case, but none gave relief.
I finally used B. b. B. as an experiment, and to my
utter establishment oil pain and suffering vanished
after using three doses. To the present time I have
used three bottles, and not n pain has ever returned.
I do not know what was the matter, neither could
my physician name the complaint. The B. B. b.
acted finely and powerfully upon my kidneys; my
appetite has been splendid and my constitution built
up rapidly. r. THOMAS,
Constitution, Ca, May 6, 1886.
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T.. s. JEFFERYS.
THE CYCLONE EXTINGUISHER.

T1RzAH, S. c., March 10, 1887.
MEssRs. JEFFERYs & HoKE, Gents:
THE Cyclone Spark Extinguisher puto n my
engine a few months ago is giving entire
satisfaction. Before it was put on, my gin
house several times caught fire from sparks, so
ing in the direction of the Clubhouse. Now I
can gin and saw with perfect safety, no matter
which way the wind blows. Haven'tseen a live
spark from the engine since I have been using it.
And another goodthing about it is, it can't wear
or burn out. Will last as long as the engine. l
think it a great invention, and wouldn't take
double the cost of mine if it was so I couldn't
get another one. I think you ought to reduce
the present high rate reinsurance on gin-houses
where these eXtinguishers are used on the en-
gines, or, at least, recommend such to the COM
ppanies you represent, because I see no risk
Whatever from the engine.
Very respectfully,
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skin, and is the seat of the nerves of touch.
The outmost, a transparent and horny
film, is itself wholly without sensation,
and protects the sensitive skin below.
The human nail and the horses hoof are
merely notifications of this, which is
called the epidermis. So complicated an
organ is exposed to many ailments.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-08-24

A Vicious STAB.--Irate Customer
won't trust me for q pound of butter?
Big Grocer-"See here, if you want to
fight about it, just off with your coat"
"Oh ! we'll, when it comes to that, a fight
in this store wouldn't be an even thing,
you know"
"Oh! it wouldn't?"
"No;you'veg otyour butter to back you."
@r Grandpa-Who was the first presi-
dent of the United States?
Four-year-old-Don't know.
Grandpa-George Washington. Now
you know, don't you?
Four-year-old-No, I don't know it. 1
only have your word for it.
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4 CHILD'S TEARS.

Once when a child was i'll unto death its
mother kneeled and prayed to Heaven
that it's life might be spared. Asshe pray
ed and wept an angel softly took its place
beside her and whispered:
"Heaven has sent me in answer to your
prayer. Here is the mirror of life watch
we'll and tell me what you see."
And then as the mother wiped away
her tears and held the mirror before her
the angel asked:
"Wha is the picture?"
"It is that of a fair-faced boy of TO-"
care there tears in his eyes?"
"There are no tears"
"Then the angels of Heaven are weep
ing for him. Look again and tell me
what you see."
"This time it is a youth of Is. 1t is the
same boy as before, but older grown, and
the face is not so gentle"
"Are there tears in his eyes,"
"There are no tears"
"Then there is sadness among the an
gels in Heaven. When human eyes are
dry of tears the heart is full of evil"
Then the mother looked again, and
when the angel asked what she saw she
answered:
"One just coming to mans estate. 1t
is the same face as before, but it is in the
darkness and I see lines of evil"
"Look closer and tell me if you see
tears"
"There are no tears"
"Then there is grief in Heaven, and
heartaches On earth. He who never weeps
has gone far wrong. Look again and tell
me what you see."
"This time it is a man in convict's garb,
and his evil look appalls my heart"
"Are there no tears in his eyes"
"There are no tears"
'Then the angels of Heaven weep.
Without tears there can be no repentance.
I charge you to look once more"
''This time it is one lying dead in the
darkness-no one to Weep-nothing but
the gloom of night around him."
And are there tears upon the face of the
dead"
ssThere are no tears"
sThen, alas! it is another soul consign-
ed to everlasting darkness! Turn the
glass and look for the last time. What do
you behold?"
"a child-my child-upon its bed of
sickness. Oh! Angel of Mercy, 1 pray
thee to spare its sweet young life"
"Are there tears"
"Aye! there are tears"
''Then I shall kiss them away and the
angels of Heaven will rejoice as 1 bear
the innocent spirit within the golden
gates ."-Deron Free Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-08-24

KoNKoRD ON THE KAw.-While the
rest of the country is struggling with in
tense heat the philosophers of Concord are
sitting quietly in the shade, calmly dis
cussing matters of contemporaneous human
interest. "Aristotle," says one of these
sages OF. che east, saw the distinction be-
tween the actual complete and the actual
eternally completing. The sense world as
it actually exists is finite, but it has vir-
tually an infinite potentiality by reason
of the infnity OF thought. If infinity is
considered as objective and not subjective,
we fall back on a contradiction" Arts
totle had 'em there.-Kansas city Times.
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s9- Mai yweeds may be used profitably
as food for hogs. The narrow-leaved plan
tain possesses nearly the same nutritive
value as timothy, while lambs quarter and
pig weed are both highly relished by
swine. 1t is best not to allow any weeds
to grow; yet they should be utilized as
much as possible in case they have made
growth,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-08-24

CONSCIENCE MAKES EDWARDS OF Us
ALL.-The great mesmerist and mind
reader had hired a hall on Post street and
people ffocked to his exhibition. Among
others Frank took his little innocent Hazel
to the entertainment. She appeared I'M
comfortable for awhile, and atlength came
out with:
ooh! Frank, dearest, can he really read
peoples Thoughts"
SWELL, I guess so; at any rate he's going
to try" $50,
'sThen, dear, let US get out of here right
now; for if he reads mine l shall be
turned out any way"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-08-24

How TO ADDRESS HI PRESIDENT
For ninety-seven years the country has
grown in dignity, wealth and power I'M
der the simple constitutional title of the
Chief Executive of the American Repub-
lie, until it eclipses all the ~highsounding
designations of rank known to the vocab-
ulary of institutions. All official communi-
cations or from strangers should therefore
be addressed. "To the President, WASH
ing, D. c." A letter from a personal
friend should be addressed: Borrower
Cleveland, Washington, D. Co." without
any title.
The President to all communications,
whether official or personal. simply signs
his NAME, without the usual compliment
tary closing as "yours truly" or closing
of respect, as Every respectfully" used by
all other officials.
The discussion of the subject of titles
was commenced in Congress before the
arrival of Washington in New York. In
a letter of July, 1889, to a friend in Vlr-
opposition to an additional title. 1t was
urged that Ellis High Mightiness,'" the
title of the Stockholders of Holland, was
his choice; but there is nothing to show
that he ever expressed such an opinion.
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HE WASN'T SURPRIsED.-''Has yer
heerd what happened last week to Glade
Snodgrassw
II hain't heerd muffin about him sence
he left Austin, last week."
''Two trains run togedder, and Glabe's
head was cut clean off,"
"He's dead, 1 s'pose""
"Of course he's dead, and he has been
dead ever sence."
"WeIl, I amt sprised a bit. De las
time I seed him he wa lookin' poorly,
an was complainin' of a misery in his
chest, and he had a mighty 'spicious look
in gumboil on his neck"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-08-24

RAPIDITY OF TREE GRowTH.-Cultiva-
ton in groves, the average growth in
twelve years of several varieties of hard
wood has been ascertained to be about as
follows: White maple reaches l foot in d.
ameter and 80 feet in height; ash, leaf
maple or box elder, | foot in diameter and
and 40 feet; yellow willow, IS inches and
35 feet; Lombardy poplar, 10 inches and
40 feet; blue and white ash, 10 inches and
25 feet; black walnut and butternut, 10
inches and 20 feet.-ArkanSaS TraUeAer.
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s9- All lands that will produce good gaass,
but which are too rough, or otherwise un-
suited to cultivation, should be seeded
down to a variety of grasses, and kept as
pastures. Sow heavily for hay or pasture.
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BRIDGE

NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of
~ County Commissioner Of York county
will meet at McKENZIE'S MILL, on Crowd
er's Creek, on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
lst, 1887, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ. The object of
the meeting is to let out to the lowest bidder,
THE BUILDING OF A NEW BRIDGE
across said creek at that place. The contractor
will be required to give bono with two good
s%ureties, in double the amount of bid, for the
faithful performance of the contract. Plans and
specifications can be examined at the office in
Yorkville, and also at McKenzie's Mill, onday
and date above mentioned. The Commission
es reserve the right to reject any and all bids.
BY order of the Board.
JAMES B. ALLISON, Clerk.
August 81 st
CHATTEL MORTGAGES,
MORTGAGES Of Real Estate, and Titles to
wi Real Estate. For sale at the
ENQUIRER TIC
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CAR SERVICE.
(IralnS run ny i0Lu Nlerluldu LlIile
NORTH BOUND.

On Trains Nos. 50 and SO, Pullman Buffet sleepers between
washington and Augusta, via Danyille. -
On Trains Nos. so and 81, Pullman Sleepers between savan.
nan T'nt and Hot Springs, N; G., via Columbia and sparanburg.
JAS. L. TAYLOR, D. CARDWML, SOL. HAss,
Genl Pass. Agent. Asst Gen,l Pass. Agent, Traffic Manager.
June is IF
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ABOUT THE SK1N.-Simple as the skin
appears to be, it is very complicated, and
plays a very important part in the work
ing of the physical system. Its glands Sc
crete the oil that keeps the surface soft and
supple. Another set of it's glands pour
out a fluid, the evaporation of which en-
ables the body to maintain its proper heat
amid the many sudden changes of the at
mospheric temperature.
1t is one of the eliminating organs for
eXpelling from the system waste and poi
sonous matter. Its network of nerves is
the source of sensation that recognizes the
presence and qualities of external objects,
that is, of the sense of touch.
1t consists of three parts. The inmost
is the seat of color. The middle, a tough,
elastic and fbrous membrane, is the true
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Anmurons department.

ArrHE MUsIcA1LE.-Mrs. Flow ut
terly stupid it all is. There's nobody here
I care anything for.
Mr.. F.-The singing is awful and L
won't stay to hear Spouter read.
Mrs. F.-Mercy! he is going to read? l
don't see how Mrs. ;Redfern does manage
to get so many stupid people together;
MI. F.-Oh, she has the culture and in
tellectual craze just bad enough TO rave
over cranks of all kinds. Let's go.
Mrs. F.-Oh, we can't until Miss Screech
oets through singing. How she does
Squeak! there's Professor Wise. He's
to read q paper on p%rotoplasms. Great
thing forsa Musicale. I'd stay for refresh
ments if it wasn't for that. But Pm bored
to death now. fs
(Mr. and Mrs. F. to hostess.)
Mrs. are 80 sorry to have to 70
90 so early, dear Mrs. Redfern, but I am
not quite we'll. I did so want to hear
Professor Wise's paper, too.
Mr.. F.-And 7, too. But l really must
insist on my 'wife's going home early.
We've enjoyed the evening thus Tar SO
much. How charmingly Miss screen
sings!
manage TO pet 80 MANY delightful people
around you, Mrs. Redfern? 1t is always
! q treat for us to come to your house. And
have so enjoyed it tonight. If my, poor
head didn't hurt 80 7 should 50 like to
hear Mr.. Spouter read. Will Miss Screech
sing again, yes? o, Mr.. Fraud, shall we
MI, F.-No, no, my dear; not with
your head hurting so. I can't allow 1t. l
ONLY wish it were otherwise. But now we
must go.. Goodnight, Mrs. Redfern.
Such a delightful time.
Mrs. F.-Oh, charming, charming!
Goodnight! So sorryt to go. Good night.
He PAssED.-A Detroiter who was out
on theG Grand river road the other day to
make some inquiries about property was
met at the gate by a determined looking
woman, who queried:
"Looking for work."
emo ma'am."
"Selling lig~htning-rods?
mo ma'am."
"Got a patent windmill ~
"No, ma'am."
"Want to buy the right of way for a
railroad ?"
mo, ma'am."
sGot q fanning-mill, straW-cutter
thrash;ng machine or a potato.digger""
HNo sma'am. I simply halted to ask
your price on this farm per acre."
"Oh, lands But I might nave known
it from your looks! You are one OF
those fellows boring around the country
after natural gas! Pass on! We haven't
got anything on this farm that even
smells of it,"
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WOMEN IN THE REVoLUTION.-ln con-
nection with the celebration Of the centen-
NAL anniversary of the PRONUNCIATION OF
the Constitution of the United States, in
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one WAY TO PREVENT WEEDs.-StabIe
manure are often the agencies by which
weed seeds are spread over the farm. This
is more especially the fact with top-dress-
ing wheat, where there is less opportunity
to destroy the weeds by cultivation. Be-
fore applying top-dressing to wheat it is
worth while to think whether the
does not contain weed seeds which had
better be applied to crops where cultiva-
ton can insure their destruction.
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TRUE AS GOSPEL.

The greatest drawback to agricultural
success is careleSSnesS or something worse
in the methods of farming. There are two
underlying principles by which successful
farming must be governed; the production
of the supplies for home use at home, and
making these supplies on as few acres as
possible.
No farmer can succeed, if he relies on
farming for either living or a profit, who
has to buy his farm supplies. Instead of
buying he should have something to sell
every year; not only every year, but, by
diversifying crops, have something to sell
throughout the seasons.
And he is a very slipshod farmer who
cultivates an acre of land, year after year,
through q life time, to gather fifteen or
twenty bushels of corn and wheat thus
raised for his supplies and for a surplus.
The shortest road to agricultural prosperi-
ty is within the reach of the farmers them
selves only, and the reformation must begin
directly on the farm. All eggs must not
be put in one basket; and labor must not
be wasted on too much territory. Farms
are improving, in many particulars, but
vast room still exists for most important
changes for the better. @.
And our farmers should be encouraged
in individual effort for improvement in
their condition rather than be taught to
look to outside agencies for help. The
man who depends on accidents or luck for
making money will end in the poor house,
and die, in fact, a pauper. A farmer who
believes he can be made rich by extra
neOus agencies, or governmental manage
ment will soon nave all that he hath I'M
der mortgage to his more intelligent neigh
Dor. Each man carries his own destiny
in his hands each must be the architect
of his own fortune. Reformation must
begin at home, and only then will pros
perity prevail there.-Asheuue Citizen.
~- Paul Jones, the leading and able
writer for the Southern CuItivdtOr, says:
"Cotton seed meal is a highly heterogeneous
manure, tends to make abundant foliage,
and other things being equal, retards ma
turity. AS failure to manure is n of the
defects of first years e ground, large
doses of cotton seed meal do not seem in
dicated. But on the other hand, as cotton
grows off slowly on such land, something
to give it a good start-otf is desirable.
Phosphates in moderate quantities seem
to hasten maturity in virtue of its seed
producing tendency. Hence a little meal
and a fair amount of phosphates seem in
dictated for a first years new ground.
Thirty pounds of meal and one hundred
and fifty pounds of p%hosphates for an acre
might be used. For the second and third
years. new ground no special difference in
the proportion between meal and phos-
phate is called for. Fifty pounds of meal
and one hundred and fifty pounds of phos-
phate per acre will answer. For old worn
land, the quantity of meal may be largely
increased, say one hundred pounds of meal
to one hundred and fifty pounds of phos-
phate.n